Walking As Practice WAP23 by WAP

WALKING AS PRACTICE WAP23 was a process-based residency during September-November 2023, where artists using walking as a method delved into each others’ knowledges and things they encountered together at BKN, the Northern Stockholm Archipelago in Sweden. Fieldworks, share sessions and seminars were created jointly to locate and entangle structures, narratives and themes for walking. The residency formed a transformative, dynamic space for art that engaged with life and nature towards critical and poetic explorations, influenced by the immediate surroundings: the forest, lakes, sea and people living in the rural area. Processing how walking is interlocked in our artistic practices, this exposition represents a gathering of texts, visuals and audio from the walking art residency. The selected artists contributed with interdisciplinary practices, primarily drawing, photography, video, performance and dance. They worked both individually, in spontaneous constellations and in group sessions. The dissemination of the program took place in share sessions upon arrival of new artists - including dinners, open studios, walks, workshops etc. In addition, as the program unfolded, each artist developed their own exposition.

Walking scores are tools for art, composition, choreography, and for being present in urban and other spaces. Walking scores explore the relationship between art and the everyday, helping us to relate to eachother and to space, helping us to listen in various environments and reflect on the border between the artist and the audiences. It helps us to read and rewrite space.

For WAP, the curators shared some historical 1960s walking scores by Anna and Lawrence Halprin, Yoko Ono and other Fluxus members. We then made 15 min-workshops to encourage each artist to formulate their own walking score with pen/pencil and a blank paper as tools. Other scores were made post residency. You find some of them here on this page. Please try them!